Device for the representation, in a frequency-wave number
reference frame f-k, of the propagation of an
ultrasound wave in a dihedral guide (1), which comprises
ultrasound emitters (2) referenced by 'Ej ' with j an integer varying between 1 and N, N a strictly positive integer and
ultrasound receivers (3) referenced by 'Ri ' with i an integer varying between 1 and M, M a strictly positive integer, the receivers being disposed spatially over a first segment of a straight line according to a regular
pitch 'A ', which comprises means for
processing the
signal received by the receivers, originating from the emitters, and in which the
processing means comprise means for calculating a modified discrete
spatial Fourier transform, for a spatial integration variable 'x ', centred in the middle of said first segment and running through the receivers in the direction of increasing x, and for a
wave vector k(x) equal to a product k.P(x), with k a constant coefficient in x and included between 0 and 2*Pi / A, and with P(x) a polynomial in x, of coefficient of degree 0 in x equal to 1 and of coefficient 'C ' of degree 1 in x such that C.A lies between -1 / 10 and +1 / 10.